Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Abu Simbel, 1867
- Title:
- Abu Simbel
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (12.9 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "9. Feby. 1867. | partly memory. (A.381)"; verso: inscribed in graphite, center: "93 | 98" (98 crossed out); inscribed in graphite, center: "Longwise. | upper"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "229"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "[A.M]"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.207
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | carvings | figures (representations) | lake | monument | stone | temple | water
- Associated Places:
- Abu Simbel | Africa | Egypt | Nasser, Lake | Nubia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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